- US sanctions risk trickling down into China’s tech market, with a substantial sell-off in the sector and triggering a weaker Yuan against most G7 peers. Views that China is losing grip on its economic recovery is starting to spread among investors and hedge funds.
- Three Fed speakers are lined up for this Friday to close off the week:
- Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to make remarks at 13:00 GMT.
- Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr will speak around 16:00 GMT.
- Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic closes off the US calendar officially at 20:00 GMT with remarks.
- Equities are very mixed, with Chinese indexes falling more than 1% in the Shenzhen index while the Hang Seng is down over 2%. European equities have taken over the negative tone, though down by half of a percent. US equities have not decided yet what to do and are flat.
- According to the CME Group’s FedWatch Tool, expectations for the Fed’s May 1 meeting are at 91.0% for keeping the rate unchanged, while chances of a rate cut are at 9%.
- The benchmark 10-year US Treasury Note trades around 4.24%, the lower end of this week.
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